Stunning Variation On The Classic IWC Pilot's Watch Automatic Spitfire Replica With Low Price

The IWC Pilot's watches were always amazing tool watches. At some point, like many other brands, IWC decided to bring more variation to the game: enter the IWC Pilot's Watch Automatic Spitfire replica. Since 1948, IWC delivered its Pilot's watches to the British Army and Navy and the Mark 11 with its caliber 89 movement is being regarded as an icon. Over the years, IWC continued to develop and innovate their Mark watch and today we are looking at the Mark XVII in their collection.

IWC Pilot's Watch Automatic Spitfire

The finishing on the case of the IWC Pilot's Watch Automatic Spitfire replica, or basically about any IWC watch out there, is pretty good. The satin-brushed parts are nicely done and the facets on the lugs are polished. The Spitfire also found its way on the case back, as you can see below. No view on the in-house movement, but a nicely engraved Spitfire. I think it would have been sufficient to keep the Spitfire on the case back and refrain from printing the name on the dial. However, I am pretty sure that many fans will have a different opinion of course.

The case back also shows the fine quality of finishing and the differences between the surfaces. This isn't new for this IWC Pilot's Watch Automatic Spitfire replica of course, but I do feel I should mention it (again). The 39mm case diameter and the modest size of the crown make it a comfortable watch on the wrist. Although the Mark XVIII is 40mm, previous Marks were in 36mm, 38mm and 39mm. The Spitfire takes it one step back from the Mark XVIII and is in 39mm.

Bronze version

Bronze is still hot it seems. Panerai (Gerald Génta to be honest) set the trend for bronze some years ago, and although I don't think it particularly belongs to the more expensive watches, it sure does look good. The dial of the bronze version is green, which really goes well with the bronze color. Also here, you will find the Spitfire printing on the dial.

Caliber 32110 Movement

IWC used different movements for their Mark series and Spitfire editions. Where they used the hand-wound caliber 89 for the Mark 11, the Mark XII used the Jaeger-LeCoultre 889/1 movement (and dubbed it IWC caliber 884). Later on, starting with the Mark XV (which came after the Mark XII) the movement changed from the JLC based automatic movement to the famous ETA2892-A2 caliber. IWC called it their caliber 37524 and made some changes to the construction as well as the finish of this movement. The Mark XVIII uses caliber 35111, based on the Sellita SW300-1. You can say the IWC Pilot's Spitfire watch replica has a slight advantage here, using their own movement. The Sellita sure isn't a bad movement, but I dare to say I prefer an in-house IWC movement for this small difference. The IWC caliber 32110 has a power reserve of 72 hours over the 42 hours of the Sellita based caliber for example.

Conclusion

For $129.00, you will buy yourself a IWC Pilot's Watch Automatic Spitfire replica with great and significant history. But more important though, is that it ticks a lot of boxes. The size is pretty good and suits most wrists, then there's the beautifully designed dial and the use of their in-house caliber with 72 hours of power reserve. More information about fake IWC Pilot's Watch，you can visit www.atimes.co.